New High School Exit Exam...!!

(Passing requires 4 correct answers)

 

1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?

 

2) Which country makes Panama hats?

 

3) From which animal do we get cat gut?

 

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?

 

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?

 

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?

 

7) What was King George VI's first name?

 

8) What color is a purple finch?

 

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?

 

10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?

 

 

 

Remember, you need 4 correct answers to pass.

 

 

 

Check your answers below..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ

 

 

 

1) How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years (1337 to 1453)

 

 

 

2) Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador

 (Incas were the first to use the Toquilla plant to make them and the tradition continues)

 

 

3) From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses

 

 

 

4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?November

 

 

 

5) What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur

 

 

 

6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?Dogs (derived from the Latin term Insula Canaria, meaning Island of the Dogs)

 

 

 

7) What was King George VI's first name? Albert (full name Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor)

 

 

 

8) What color is a purple finch? Crimson

 

 

 

9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?  New Zealand (aka the Kiwifruit!)

 

 

 

10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane? Orange (of course)

 

 

 

What do you mean, you failed? Me too.

 

 (And if you try to tell me you passed, you lie!)

 

  

Pass this on to some brilliant friends, so they may feel useless too.